HR 2569
115th Congress
House
Health
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017
Introduced: May 19, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 19, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 19, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017
This bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public, including health insurers and government agencies, to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the Internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers.
The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate and impose civil penalties on entities that fail to comply with this requirement.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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